Bloomberg approval at 5-year low

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is experiencing his lowest approval ratings in five years, according to a new Quinnipiac poll.

Only 55 percent of New Yorkers approve of the job Bloomberg is doing . The dip comes after Bloomberg's controversial appointment of Cathleen Black, a former Hearst Magazines chairwoman with no educational experience, as chancellor of the city's public schools.

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Sixty-four percent of New York City voters believe that a chancellor needs education experience more than management experience, and 51 percent said Black does not have the right background for the job. A staggering 62 percent of voters with children in public schools disapprove of Black's appointment.

Nearly half of New Yorkers polled — 48 percent — disapprove of the way the third-term mayor is handling the city's schools, and 63 percent of voters are dissatisfied with the school system in general.

"The City Hall spin machine better shift into high gear. So far, all the negative news stories are murdering Cathleen Black — and not doing Mayor Michael Bloomberg much good, either," said Maurice Carroll, director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, said in a statement.

The poll was conducted from Nov. 16-21, surveying 1,287 New York City registered voters and has a margin of error of 2.7 percentage points.